1package main
 2
 3import (
 4	"encoding/json"
 5	"fmt"
 6	"io/ioutil"
 7
 8	"github.com/dghubble/go-twitter/twitter"
 9	"github.com/dghubble/oauth1"
10)
11
12//Config stores the data from json botsConfig.json file
13type Config struct {
14	Title             string `json:"title"`
15	ConsumerKey       string `json:"consumer_key"`
16	ConsumerSecret    string `json:"consumer_secret"`
17	AccessTokenKey    string `json:"access_token_key"`
18	AccessTokenSecret string `json:"access_token_secret"`
19}
20
21//Botnet stores each bot configured
22type Botnet struct {
23	ScreenNames []string
24	Clients     []*twitter.Client
25}
26
27func readConfigTokensAndConnect() (botnet Botnet) {
28	var config []Config
29	var clients []*twitter.Client
30
31	file, e := ioutil.ReadFile("botsConfig.json")
32	if e != nil {
33		fmt.Println("error:", e)
34	}
35	content := string(file)
36	json.Unmarshal([]byte(content), &config)
37	fmt.Println("botnetConfig.json read comlete")
38
39	fmt.Print("connecting to twitter api --> ")
40	for i := 0; i < len(config); i++ {
41		configu := oauth1.NewConfig(config[i].ConsumerKey, config[i].ConsumerSecret)
42		token := oauth1.NewToken(config[i].AccessTokenKey, config[i].AccessTokenSecret)
43		httpClient := configu.Client(oauth1.NoContext, token)
44		// twitter client
45		client := twitter.NewClient(httpClient)
46		clients = append(clients, client)
47		botnet.ScreenNames = append(botnet.ScreenNames, config[i].Title)
48	}
49	botnet.Clients = clients
50
51	fmt.Println("connection successful")
52
53	return botnet
54}